The woodchucks.

 

 

Adorable, but hungry.

And there’s no rhyme or reason to what they’ll eat.

This echinacea?

 

 

Stripped to a stalk the same day I planted it.

They devoured it before I could even get a picture, and if you know me? You know that’s fast.

 

 

This candy cane Dianthus? Nope. They left it alone.

The exact same plant on the other side of the garden bed?

 

 

A mere shadow of itself.

WTF?

So when it came time to replant the bed I had removed the woodchuck chewed mallow from, I went to the experts and got a list.

 

 

A list of woodchuck proof flowers they were guaranteed not to eat.

Blanket flower? Check!

 

 

Planted two, they haven’t touched them.

 

 

(Please note dianthus is on the list and we all know how that turned out.)

Foxglove? Check!

 

 

They literally took one bite and ran.

Good thing since it’s the source of  digitalis.

 

 

Last on the list? Yarrow.

If you’ve ever had deer nibble your gardens to a nub, you know they hate yarrow.

Every critter hates yarrow…. so I planted yarrow.

 

 

So…..

Yeah.

 

 

The little buggers are screwing with me.

There’s no other explanation.

 

 

And look at that belly…

They’re getting fat doing it!